WILL KIDS WANT TO WATCH IT? Probably, since it's based on a videogame, but they'll be disappointed.

MPAA RATING PG-13

SEX/NUDITY All the females are scantily clad.

DRUGS/ALCOHOL None

VIOLENCE/SCARINESS This movie offers nothing more than its title implies.

OBJECTIONABLE WORDS/PHRASES Seven

WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT Well, perhaps the emphasis on teamwork

WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD Do you really want your kids to spend 93 minutes watching people simply try to kill each other?

APPROPRIATE AGES 13 and up

Flubber

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Absentminded professor Phillip Brainard (Robin Williams) invents a gooey energy source that literally has him — and everything it comes in contact with — bouncing off the walls.

WILL KIDS WANT TO WATCH IT? Yes, perhaps more than once

MPAA RATING PG

SEX/NUDITY None

DRUGS/ALCOHOL One cocktail

VIOLENCE/SCARINESS Mostly of the Home Alone variety

OBJECTIONABLE WORDS/PHRASES One

WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT Your kids' smiles will stretch as wide as the flying rubber itself.

WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD Toy Flubber inevitably gumming up your walls, your carpet, your clothes...

APPROPRIATE AGES 6 and up

Originally posted Dec 05, 1997 Published in issue #408 Dec 05, 1997 Order article reprints
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